The recent third wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths across the country hit our local community harder than we’ve seen before. And that means families are being forced to say goodbye in unfamiliar ways.
By Meredith Anderson and Photojournalist Irisa Wheeler
It’s been almost a full year since the pandemic started, and the I-Team found many gun owners are biting the bullet. That’s because ammunition is short in supply -- extremely short.
Our I-Team has obtained the list of Georgia counties where the COVID-19 variant has been identified, after weeks of back and forth with the Department of Public Health.
Consistency is a distant memory for most of our students. From virtual to hybrid to in-person learning, it’s tough to keep track of all the changes they’ve been juggling the past year.
The pandemic threw a massive curveball at working parents, leaving many having to choose between working or staying home to take care of children who are learning virtually.
On the day we celebrate civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., our I-Team has learned white nationalist hate groups are on the rise in Georgia and South Carolina.
More families than ever rang in the year with a new Ring security camera. Record-breaking online purchases during the pandemic have led to more people looking to protect their packages from porch thieves.
During the pandemic this year, sales of tiny homes began skyrocketing over the summer as homeowners looked to ditch their expensive mortgages in the economic crisis for a smaller and simpler way of life.
The challenges of parenting during a pandemic has led to a domino effect in the foster care system, leaving our youngest and most vulnerable more at risk than ever.
A teenage inmate is transferred from the Richmond County Youth Detention Center and an officer is fired following a viral video on social media and subsequent investigation by the I-Team.
By Meredith Anderson and Photojournalist Irisa Wheeler
A five-month I-Team investigation into one address that’s home to hundreds of crime reports and hazardous code violations. It’s also home to hundreds of local families.
Local investigators have been pleading with the state to step in, months before the sickening of four patients, and two deaths at First Love Personal Care Home.
As cell phone usage increased to record numbers in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the I-Team found criminals swiping cellphones for cash also spiked locally.
All across the Augusta area, families are waiting for critical benefits from Social Security to life insurance. We’ve found death benefits in our region are being delayed for months, even years.
By Meredith Anderson and Photojournalist Irisa Wheeler
We’re still a month away from Election Day, and it’s already one for the history books. More people than ever before will cast a ballot at home, and that means more ballots than ever before will arrive at polling places by mail.
Cyberattacks appear to be increasing in the pandemic and cybercriminals are using new tricks against us. Now, security experts are racing to stop the million and billion dollar holdups from spinning out of control.
